We've released quite a few features in the past couple months, so we decided to spend the last couple weeks completely focused on improving the speed and function of the editor.

After all this work, we're excited to finally be able to roll out the improvements we've made. Below is a graph that compares the release against the older version, in terms of load time and responsiveness of the editor.

Editor Load and Response Time

As you can tell, this is a huge improvement, and we're excited to be able to roll it out live tonight.

We've made quite a few other incremental changes, such as improved design for certain parts of the editor, as well as a significant number of bug fixes and other improvements.

We also had quietly pushed some changes over the last month, such as bulleted and numbered list support, a "Read more" break element that lets you control the length of your blog posts' previews, the ability to add image captions and edit the image's ALT tags, the ability to choose a blog post's "permalink", and that your blog will now recognize and highlight comments made by you when you are logged in.

Even better, there are a few exciting things coming up that we will be able to release soon, so stay tuned!

Thanks again for using Weebly -- we appreciate your support and come to work every day excited to continue making Weebly the fastest, simplest and most powerful way to create a website for you.

I agree with termlimits. Weebly is doing great so you cheapskates need to put up some of that cash you're holding. Get the pro edition NOW!

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67vl3

07/08/2009 9:45am

Wow! It is working alot faster!Great job! :)

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Scott

07/08/2009 10:00am

Hey,

The editor needs to pop up overtop of flash still. Im the only one embedding flash headers and the editor pops up behind leaving you to scroll down past the header to see the editor. Other then that great work.

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Scott

07/08/2009 10:05am

Join the affiliate program and get business to use weebly and buy a domain name. This is good support for them. I have earned weebly over 1000 dollars in sales and I'm sure you guys can all do the same as well. Have goodies and make money!!!!!! It would be nice if I could use some of my affiliate money as credits for services.

Hello, congratulation for your great work, fantastisk. I got my new website by you, and I am very thankful for that.I just have a problem, I want to pay for the pro version, but when I click on the link "Upgrade to pro" nothing happends.... can you help me with that ?

In another language, that i am not able to speak yet, Im on page two of google search, all down to weebly,Even though I had to throw in a few harsh words one day, I recommend getting and upgrading to pro, it helps them, and by helping them, it helps us as customers

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RAE

07/09/2009 5:41am

Thanks so much ! It sure save my time to update my website every week. Love Weebly !! Keep it up ! Ü Look forward to new improvement or feature.

Its good to know that programmers have made some nice changes in the weebly. I am using two, three more websites for blog and i was just thinking about weebly about changes. New changes makes user to make use and get benefit quickly. Thanks to all the Developers.

I just wanted to say thanks and say you are doing a great job with your support. I get quick, same day responses and really appreciate your services. I also like being able to check out what others are doing. (from their comments)

non-US currency for e-commerce. as it's totally useless for any market outside the USA.

Thanks guysdb

ps: also agree with Domenic about the editor. plus Dan Beebee's suggestion points.

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Jake

07/12/2009 4:26pm

-Major speed improvments! -No speed limits! -Bug Fixes!

........Do these all sound like really clever ways to stall the release of some real updates and upgrades. Like seriously, Weebly is the best, but I as like all weebly users really can't wait for some sound, so real new features.

So please, weebly, stop delaying the release of these, or at least, let us in on what is comming out soon, maybe we can help...

Hi. The site speed is good but sometimes it's show error message(oops sorry weebly encountered an error).Like the recent editor changes although in the case of picture labels they are not uploaded .while clicking on the upload file no respionse is there.

since the update alot of the pages timeout.. this sucks. please fix! i'd write your support but you wouldnt respond until 6 weeks later then say it looks like its working now and not actually troubleshoot anything.

Well, I have to say, I attempted to edit my site today, 7/16/09, and all it did was load, and load, and load. It wouldn't let me edit at all. If this is faster, then it doesn't work for me. Weebly worked fine before. Now it's seriously lagging.

I imagine eventually it'll become a paid website like the rest if all these new features keep being added. And you'll probably have to go pro to make everything work properly. Sorry, but I'm a bit disappointed that I'm having trouble now after everything was working fine before. As they say, if it's broke, don't fix it. Well, here I go to try again!

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Dixie

07/16/2009 8:10pm

Sorry, one more thing. I think there should be a message for site owners when site maintenance will be done, when, and what time. No wonder I couldn't update!

Hi there, please don't feel obligated to publish this --I like you guys very much and know your hearts are in the right place --feel a bit bad being "the negative voice" here, but I have to tell you that for me, this site seems to have get slower and slower. I constantly have the "Ooops" screen come up after waiting for a simple window change, and just getting into my own site seems to take forever. I often have to close out and start all over again becasue nothing happens after waiting several minutes. Yes, I am a freebie and I know sometimes "you get what you pay for", but I have to say whatever changes you have made don't seem to be affecting my system performance one bit --quite the contrary! Sorry! Jill

Thank u sooooooooooo much weebly!! The changes have made my website A LOT easier to manage!!!!-Watchlistenplay.weebly.com!!!

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Bill Purdy

07/22/2009 5:31pm

Hi, your speed in regard to the developer may have improved but unfortunately your response to help requests has slowed down. Over the course of the past year I have had two requests - neither have been answered. I have an urgent request pending and have sent it in twice recently. Please see request posted recently.

Hey there!Yall are doing a very good job! I was amazed by the ecommerce feature. very good job on that. The layouts that have rolled out since I have become a user in 07 are awesome, and you are getting better and better and more and more organised. As to the negative voice above, I have only to say that you shopuld have dealt with weebly in 07 if you think this is bad. weebly is im proving in leaps and bounds! Great Job Guys!Devon JOnes

Hallelujah! We are sooo happy to hear this news! We often update our non-profit site on here and as soon as we get a new sponsor they want to see their logos up ASAP! So that sure takes a load off! Thanks again Weebly, and as soon as you offer Anything in Flash--we'll be willing to pay for it to use it! :)

Yeah Weebly is the best and all but... seriously the release of new updates seems to be dragged on forever. Do you notice that when you release a entry like this one there is only about 100 comments, but when you release a 'real' update there is more like 200+ comments...

I really can;t wait for more updates ASAP!

Thanks once again weebly.

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natalie

07/25/2009 5:31pm

hi guys thank you

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07/25/2009 6:18pm

Does any one know how to download movies to the websites??? Can you???

Weebly shou emply like 10 scripters etc. assign then on a goal each week and get them working for like a month or two thats 4-8 new, realy cool updates really soon, instead of having to wait for like 1-2 months, I think the "suggest new feature" section should really get done, get all the top 10 thngs done like ASAP, at this rate it will take a year+.

thats good you upgaded your site thx 4 doing that but u must upgrade it alot more because i seen faster and hotter sites to make your own site but i will not share them inless you upgrade your site alot better then know befor agust 31.

I recently joined weebly and think it's great so far. It definitely needs quite a bit of work on the website editor but it's a young site and will grow.

I was using godaddy editor before but honestly, for the price on the upgrade and no bandwidth restrictions that is awesome. So I decided to support weebly full time and will bring lots of business.

Your bar-none best site maker and hosting for the cost. You guys got a great future with this site. The one thing to do, roll out the features upgrades and editor improvements steadily and your going to see exponential growth. Have a great day and keep up the good work.

I think this update might be my problem. On my website, I am encountering some problems with the images I upload. They are small and blurry, not big and acceptably high quality like previously. This "improved loading bar" may not give my images enough time to fully load, so thus they upload to the website editor improperly. I'm not sure if this is the problem, but it can never hurt to be wary.

Anyone else having trouble uploading pictures? I only started having the issue about a week ago, so I doubt it's related to the update, but I am looking for any help I can get. Have sent two support requests in a week, and just sent the third, but no response yet...:o( Really need to update some things on my site but can not.

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Dave

08/03/2009 10:14pm

Hey weebly,

It seems you have not released an updates for a while, I would like to know whats next, maybe you guys coudl comment and reply in your blog, so I and others can also see the development of your ideas, maybe we can help? in the blog?

Hey Weebly, This site is awesome. I love the drag and drop feature that is why i chose this site over all the others. I still wish you had a members login feature but as i understand your pretty new so i have no doubt it will come in the future : D

i love how weebly just keeps getting better every time i use it. the speed update was something that was absolutely needed and im glad its hear now or else it would take twice as long to make my website!

I do not know much about Weebly, as I have only been a customer for a little over a week - but, as a paying customer, I am VERY disappointed. It took only 10 days for my domain link to become broken and virtually unviewable by the public. And, it is a business domain. Thumbs WAY WAY down to Weebly.